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In spring 2019, Finland’s government announced as part of its program that it would be changing labor legislation in order to better protect workers. Legislative drafts are formulated within...

18 October 2019

UNI Global Union launches a global campaign for the right to disconnect from work

The right to disconnect is the “new fight for the eight-hour workday,” declared Christy Hoffman General Secretary of the international union federation, UNI Global Union, during the launch of a...

17 October 2019

Umicore: global framework agreement renewed on sustainable development

On 17 October the Belgian multinational materials technology and recycling group renewed, for the third time, its global framework agreement on sustainable development that it signed with the...

17 October 2019

Chile: political conflict surrounding weekly working time

Chile’s Chamber of Deputies plenary session on 23 October promises to be a landmark assembly, for on this day the opposition-dominated chamber will likely vote for draft legislation formulated by...

17 October 2019

EU: European Labour Authority becomes a working reality

Companies looking to offer its services in another EU Member State or employ staff from different EU Member States could soon be able to turn to the European Labour Authority (ELA) and receive...

16 October 2019

Mexico : US legislators closely examining the labor reform’s difficult initial steps

Ratification of the future North American free-trade treaty hinges on US democrat legislators, who have concerns over the concrete implementation of Mexico’s labor reforms. The Mexican government...

16 October 2019

Digital tools : UK start-up ‘predicts’ employee resignations

Oxford-based visual data management start-up, Zegami, has just launched a new tool for employers that will enable them to predict which employees are most likely to resign from their jobs. Called...

16 October 2019

ARLA Foods: global framework agreement signed with the IUF combatting sexual harassment at work

On 07 October, the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) together with the Scandinavian multinational cooperative...

15 October 2019

Portugal : soon to be approved UGT affiliated bank & insurance sector union seeks to also advocate for workers in third party service provision

The SBSI union (Banking trade union for the south and the islands) has established a new trade union body by way of merging UGT affiliated bodies representing Banks in the Center of the country...

15 October 2019

Finland: 2020 budget sets aside funding to foster the recruitment of skilled workers

The government of Finland has just unveiled its budget for 2020, which includes a jobs package aimed at facilitating the recruitment of skilled workers by companies. The measures were prepared by...

14 October 2019

Ireland : Financial Services Union calls for legislation on the right to disconnect

The Financial Services Union called on 10 October – on World Mental Health Day – for a law that would grant workers the right to disconnect. The union for workers in the financial...

14 October 2019

Germany : a net rise in regular employment?

Is German growth creating only unstable jobs or is it leading to more regular employment? To this important question, which is often exploited for political ends, Germany’s federal...

14 October 2019

UN : discussions over a treaty on the liability of transnational businesses for human rights violations to recommence

The UN inter-governmental working group on transnational businesses and human rights is to hold a fifth session of discussions over an international, legally binding instrument between 14 and 18...

11 October 2019

Amazon sets out its ‘positions’ on a range of social and societal topics

Faced with ever more questions about its practices, especially from its own employees, as the Amazon Employees for Climate Justice group demonstrated, the tech giant decided on 10 October to...

11 October 2019

Italy : collective agreement in power sector renewed with several innovations

Social partners in Italy’s electric power sector signed a draft deal to renew their collective agreement on 9 October. The agreement applies to some 50,000 workers, including employees of Enel...

11 October 2019

Germany : agreement at Postbank allows workers to choose between more free time and more money

The trade union Verdi and the negotiators for German retail bank Postbank announced, on the morning of Thursday 10 October, that they have reached a compromise on the renewal of the company...

11 October 2019

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The rise of Germany’s far-right AfD, which could soon gain influence over migration policy in Saxony-Anhalt and, following elections on September 20, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well, is...

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